Deck 3: Monarchy and Enlightenment ERA

Question 1

_____________.inaugurated the Stuart Dynasty in England.

A)james i
B)james ii
C)charles i
D)charles ii

Answer 1

james i

Question 2

The protracted struggle began with James I, and ended with the glorious or Bloodless Revolution during the reign of………………...

A)james i
B)james ii
C)charles i
D)charles ii

Answer 2

james ii

Question 3

Bloodless Revolution of ………… marked the end of the struggle between king and parliament in England.

A)1688
B)1689
C)1690
D)1691

Answer 3

1688

Question 4

'Bills of Rights' was in the year………………….

A)1688
B)1689
C)1690
D)1691

Question 5

_____________….in his book 'The State propounded the theory of legal sovereignty' asserted that the king was the source of all law and was accountable to God alone.

A)jean bodin
B)john of plano carpini
C)william of rubruquis
D)cellini

Question 6

The French absolutism reached its climax during the period of……………..

A)louis xiii
B)louis xiv
C)louis xv
D)louis xvi

Question 7

Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.

A)tudor
B)bourbon
C)hapsburg
D)stuart

Question 8

First Bourbon king of France was …………………

A)henry iv
B)louis xiv
C)louis xv
D)louis xvi

Question 9

The French Revolution, which was resulted the end of absolutism in France, broke out in the year……………..

A)1787
B)1788
C)1789
D)1790

Question 10

Frederick, the Great was the King in ……………….whose period was the zenith of absolutism

A)england
B)france
C)russia
D)prussia

Question 11

Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..

A)england
B)france
C)russia
D)prussia

Question 12

The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….

A)henry viii
B)frederick, the great
C)peter the great
D)charles ii

Question 13

Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as………………

A)hundred years war
B)seven years war
C)crusades
D)glorious revolution

Question 14

Peter I or peter the Great was a notable ruler who tried to establish absolute monarchy in Europe and earned the reputation of being the most celebrated and the most controversial absolute monarch in the history of ……………..

A)england
B)france
C)russia
D)prussia

Question 15

_____________…..tried to bring the Russian Orthodox Church under his control by abolishing the office of the Patriarch and placed the church under a committee known as Holy Synod.

A)henry viii
B)frederick, the great
C)peter the great
D)charles ii

Question 16

The American Revolution or the War of American Independence broke out in the year…….. A.D during the reign of the English King George III and came to a close in 1783 A.D.

A)1775
B)1776
C)1777
D)1778

Question 17

The British conquest of Canada after the Seven Year War reduced the …………………danger and hence the colonies turned against England.

A)spanish
B)portuguese
C)french
D)prussian

Question 18

The immediate cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party in …………. A.D.

A)1771
B)1772
C)1773
D)1774

Question 19

The ………… century is often called the 'Age of Reason' because it was a period of enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.

A)17th century
B)18th century
C)19th century
D)20th century

Question 20

'Wealth of Nations'was the work of ………..

A)adam smith
B)alfred marshal
C)keynes
D)karl marx

Question 21

_____________.., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty and Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe."

A)francis bacon
B)isaac newton
C)charles darwin
D)benjamin franklin

Question 22

The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..

A)francis bacon
B)isaac newton
C)charles darwin
D)benjamin franklin

Question 23

Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher

A)italian
B)english
C)american
D)australian

Question 24

Whose masterwork was Leviathan?

A)francis bacon
B)thomas hobbes
C)descartes
D)rousseau

Question 25

'Meditations on First Philosophy'was written by ……………….

A)francis bacon
B)thomas hobbes
C)descartes
D)rousseau